HSY3460 - The Vietnam war

Leader(s): Jane Drakard

Offered

Clayton Second semester 2009 (Day)

Synopsis

As for HSY2460

Objectives

In addition to fulfilling the general objectives established for history units at third-year level, students successfully completing this subject will be expected to:

1. Develop a knowledge of the historical development of the Vietnam War and an understanding of the broader ideological, political and cultural context in which the war took place.

2. Reflect on the impact of the war in Vietnam and the USA, as well as other parts of the world such as Cambodia and Laos and Australia.

3. Think critically and about the different cultural values involved in the various American, Vietnamese and other perceptions of this highly complex event.

4. Continue the acquisition of critical and analytical skills, and the ability to communicate these verbally and in writing.

5. Have an ability to formulate, investigate and write up an independent research project.

6. Demonstrate in their writing the capacity to present a sustained argument based largely on primary sources.

7. Be aware of contemporary philosophical, historical and cultural debates including structuralist and post-structuralist models of interpretation.

8. Have a sense of the past as a site of political contestation.

Assessment

Written work: 45%
Class participation (including written and oral tasks): 20%
Test (two in-class tests of 1 hour): 35%

Contact hours

3 hours (2 lectures and 1 tutorial) per week

Prerequisites

A first-year sequence in History or permission

Prohibitions

HSY2460